February 2, 2012: The Atlantic: 4 Types of Independent Voters Who Could Swing the 2012 Elections

We don’t agree with everything in Linda Killian’s new book The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents. But it’s certainly upset a lot of political scientists, and anything that upsets the political academic establishment is OK with us. (Q: Why are academic fights so fierce? A: Because the stakes are so small.) Independents, if you don’t have time to read the book, read this article from The Atlantic.